Sabu Allegedly Denied Agreeing to Retirement Match and Hints GCW Did It to Transfer Tickets

Sabu’s remaining match at GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9 was billed as his farewell to wrestling, however in response to ECW legend Francine, Sabu by no means agreed to that narrative.

Throughout her newest podcast tribute to Sabu, Francine revealed a non-public dialog she had with him proper after the brutal No Rope Barbed Wire match in opposition to Janela.

“I noticed him the subsequent day at WrestleCon and Basic Sabu provides me a giant hug, massive kiss, and grabs me and whispers in my ear, ‘They mentioned I’m retiring. I by no means mentioned I’m retiring. I’m not retiring,’” Francine mentioned.

Francine pressed Sabu in regards to the rumors, jokingly asking, “Oh, are you going to tug a Terry Funk on us?” Sabu’s response was blunt: “I don’t know in the event that they’re attempting to do ticket gross sales or what, however I’m not retiring. I’m going to maintain wrestling.”

Francine recalled how exhausted Sabu sorted the match, however he was adamant that he was not executed with wrestling. “He regarded drained. He simply… however he was there, and he was taking photos and signing autographs. I simply mentioned, ‘Are you okay?’ and he goes, ‘I’m okay. I’m okay.’ However he didn’t look okay to me,” she added.

Sabu’s insistence that he wasn’t retiring provides a tragic twist to his passing, as a documentary about his remaining match was already in manufacturing. Videographer Joey DeFalco, who was filming Sabu all through WrestleMania weekend, shared that he felt “eerie” trying again on the footage now.

Sabu’s GCW match in opposition to Joey Janela noticed the hardcore legend take brutal bumps, however he nonetheless managed to tug off the victory in what now stands as his remaining bout. Francine’s revelation paints an image of a person who, regardless of his bodily state, nonetheless had the guts to maintain going.